Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1887-10-14


most entirely Of people who came to
engage IN farming and those who
could find it profitable to supply
the mercantile and professional needs
Of the farmers. Nearly half . nil
lion such people have settled IN the
immense and fertile tract Of land
west and northwest Of the upper
Mississippi valley. To supply this
community with manufactured goods
but little has been done in the North
west. A few manufacturing cities
have been built up, but the value OF
the greater part Of their products is
represented BY flour ground from the
wheat from the farms, and lumber
sawed from the great pineries. Di-
yersiGed manufacturing, such as i
found throughout New England .sn,''
the Central states, is very limited in
the Northwest, Nearly all the mar
ufact,,red articles used by a people
who raise So,G00,0OO bushels tlt
wheat a year and other farm products
in proportion, come from cities hun-
dreds and thousands of miles ava,
Minneapolis and st. Paul have a iev
factories and mills that pfoduc'
something besides -four and iumhS .
bu. they are but Il small item III stj;
plying The demands OF the Gren'
Northwest. h'-Et -
These facts lead to the study ef.
manufacturing development in tbs
territory, and to an inquiry Of whe',r5
the industry will begin to develop III
a degree approaching the extent T.
which the demand will warrant, an,'
in what localities the manutacturin-
will most likely enter. The time h;i 4
already arrived when capitalists VII
desire to invest in manufacturing
where there is a favorable locality f.:
carrying Oh operations and an abu:
dant and convenient market for their
products, look upon the Northwest ~.
possessing the proper inducements,
and the. attention of this cl,s:'
throughout. the country is now ~
tracted in this direction. The luc;,
ton favored will be the largest streaIh
where water powers can be fonrs
that are in the great timbered dis
tl'ict. Nearly all classes Of mani,
featuring can be carried on mo}r
profitably by water power than other
wise, and none avoid a place becan<-
it is supplied with & good water pn"
er. 1t is the Mississippi valley, vi
its excellent water powers aud hoi.'.
less forests Of soft and hard wood-
that will be selected by man as III
site for the manufacturing industrie>
that will supply the needs Of It's.
prairie farmers, as it has undoubte.i
ly been dedicated by nature for tha
purpose. Tho exact places that vii!
be favored will be at the water pov.
ers, especially thoseon the Mississippi,
river. The ono at Minneapolis al.
ready is used to its full capac-
ty, and the remaining ones
are at St. Cloud, Sank Rapids. LittI.
Falls and Brainerd. OF these foil
admirable ones. the one at Li.th
Falls offers by far the best induce
ments. It has the greatest fall, an:
is improved in the best manner. The
head of water securedSby the dam j
twenty feet, and the amount of pows
is 10000 horse power, or 100 mi
powers. The dam is constructed a.;
a solid rock foundation for its emti:,
length, and each end terminates j
lodges Of rock which form the ma tura
banks of the river. Ihe centre
the dam rests on large rock ISLAM
and the locality in every particul;.s
makes the work Of fastening it beyon.t
possibility Of removal comparativer
easy. The canal is dug into a solin
bed of rock, and is certainly the fine
piece of work Of the kind in thu
West, if not in the world. It is tnt
possession Of such a water power, off,
surrounding country in which al,
kinds Of timber natural to Minnesos;'
abound, and Of excellent transporta
ton facilities that Little Falls offer.
as inducements to manufacturers
That through their agency our village
will be favored above all others in the
coming manufacturing growth Of the
Northwest we cannot doubt, and tbs
near future will show that even onr
most enthusiastic citizens in theii.
fondest hopes failed to fully gauge
the magnificent prospects Of orr fa-
yored city. HI. B
Endowed by nature with every adj
vantage necessary t. make her the
leading misunderstanding city for the
most fertile agricultural country IN
the world, it but remains for her peve
pie to net harmo niously and energeti- ]
cally in pushing her claims, and III
a short time Little Falls will be q
prosperous ufacturing city.
Oshkosh has won the cham pion-
ship Of the Northwestern league, De
troit won ii the National league and
the st. Louis Browns won id the
American Association In d play for
the championship Of the world III
troit had won from the Browns twt.